K-Mart Closings, Anyone watch NY CBS 2 News at Noon Today?

I missed it, after flipping through the channels during the commercials. But CBS 2 had a list of Kmarts that where closing down in the NJ/NY area. I'm hoping that the one in Wayne will close down, and that we'll get a Best Buy to replace it instead. More than likley if that happens, the Pathmark that closed down next to it will be demolished, and an extension to the KMart will be built for a Best Buy..

There's already a BestBuys in W. Paterson, not that far from the Kmart in Wayne. That Pathmark that's in there must do alot of business though cause the other grocery store there is Kings, which is generally pricey. Shop Rite is down the road though...

Wow, thanks for the list. Unfortunatly, the Wayne K-Mart seems alive and well.
As to the original reply, for some reason we tried K-Mart when we went shopping for our first TV based DVD player(we've had a PCDVD player since 1997). It took us five minutes to get some help, and when we finally did, the clerk just took the DVD box we where interested in, gave it to us, and dissapeared again. In some other store, they would have at least stayed to pressure you into buying the one they just took out .
As far as the quality of the merchandise, we saw that the other DVDboxes where all 'broken' and dented, some even looked open, so who knew what we where getting. So, we just went to a real electronics store that was in another mall across the street, theone nearer to the Radio Shack.
If they don't close the K-Mart down, I'm surprised they don't run themselves out of buisness .

I'm so glad to see that all of my local K-Marts will be closing. The only thing I've ever gone to any of them for is for Star Wars toys, and out of the dozens of times I've gone in, I can count the number of times I've left with something I went in for on one hand. By comparison, I find something I want about half of the time I go into a Target or Wal-Mart.
Now, I won't even have to bother with K-Mart anymore, as they have certainly never bothered with stocking anything that I wanted to buy from them.
Hope all of the existing employees find better jobs out there.
-mwb-

Neil, I lived in Wayne from 1985 to 1990 and remember the K-Mart and PathMark across from Wayne Hills Mall very well. Back when I was in high school in the late '80s, I worked part-time at the Child World toy store that used to be in that shopping center. My brother worked at the Marshall's across Preakness. Ah, the memories.
I heard about K-Mart stores closing around downtown Philly on the news last night. Maybe you will get a Best Buy in Wayne. The K-Mart near my parents in North Wales, PA (suburban Philly) closed down a few months ago and is being replaced by a Best Buy!

The K Mart near me will remain open, although I hope they will fix it up. It's so messy with inventory all over the place (and sometimes in the wrong place). The check out lines are ridiculous. They don't even follow their well-publicized in store signage that states a new line will open when there's too many on the excisting lines. A new super WalMart opened near me but I prefer Target in any case (a new one opened near me recently as well). Those stores are clean and well maintained. Some nice exclusive product as well. I do feel sorry for the 20,000 plus people who will be looking for jobs.

Around my girlfriends place they are building a brand new K-mart that is about half finished. Hopefully they finish the store, as I did not hear anything about stores being built. I perfer Wal-Mart over K-mart if I do need to go to one of the stores, but I hate it when big corporations leave things half done as an eye sore for people of the community for years to come.

Hmmmm...I've never seen a Wal-Mart or Kmart that locked up the DVD's. You must be in an area where they grow legs more easily.
There is one Kmart near me that is rather old and run-down (yet NOT closing apparently), and they have them hanging on hooks from a peg-board behind the electronics counter.
But I see your point. If I couldn't browse DVD's and read the backs (and shake the cases) I wouldn't shop there either.

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My local Big K-Mart has gone totally to pot. They used to have a huge selection of DVDs, but now I'm lucky if they have 3 week old releases. One good thing about K-Mart is that I find that they carry widescreen AND P&S titles on duel releases, so that's nice. My local one was not on that list, thats good because it is the only place in town that even carries DVDs.

My local Big K-Mart has gone totally to pot. They used to have a huge selection of DVDs, but now I'm lucky if they have 3 week old releases.

I think they're still sorting out their inventory issues through the bankruptcy court. The Big Kmart I frequent also has a pretty sparse inventory of movies, music, and electronics at the present time. Hopefully they'll work it out before all their customers get used to shopping at Wal-Mart or Best Buy.

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